The Confessions by Edmund Augustine
In this new translation, the impassioned descriptions of Augustine's colourful early life are conveyed to the English reader. Augustine tells of his wrestlings to master his sexual drive, his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of high power at the imperial court of Milan, and his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage as he recovered the faith that his mother had taught him. It was in a Milan garden that Augustine finally achieved the act of will to Christian conversion, which he compared to a lazy man in bed finally deciding it is time to get up and face the day.
In 1989, he was knighted.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192817747 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192817744 |
| Title | The Confessions |
| Author | Edmund Augustine |
| Series | ^Aworld's Classics Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 339 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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